Stratford High School - Mnemosyne Yearbook (Houston, TX)

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ii ,lr gii .1 me Performing a jazz routine at the West- chester pep rally, Senior Baron Hobbs adds a little shake and wiggle here and there. Resting her chin on her hand, Freshman Cheryl White manages to find a place on the gym floor during a pep rally. Cheryl said that because she was just a Freshman, all she got to do was just sit and watch. .T ..t ii Leaning over the center stairwell, Senior Girl Holly Monahan hangs a poster instructing the varsity football team to Murder the Mustangs. I8 spirit groups , I hind the School spirit for a winning season included wrapping houses, painting posters, decorating the gym, staying up late, and having just plain fun. Spirit organizations from every grade level invaded the pep rallies to promote school spirit. Senior Girls Club met once a week to plan the upcoming week's crazy antics. Each pep rally meant dressing crazy and presenting their designated varsity football player with a spirit gift. I had a lot of fun making spirit boxes and wrapping houses, said Senior Girl Carrie Cox. Senior Girls' Club member Kristal Buckles added, l've always wanted to participate in pep rallies as a Sen- ior Girl, and I wanted to help with the football pIayer's enthusiasm and the general spirit of the school. Contributing to Spartan Spirit Senior Boys' Club entered the pep rallies as a group and were often dressed in anything but ordinary garb. We were the Senior Boys' Club and were supposed to be dif- ferent, stated Barron Hobbs. The Senior Boys' helped with gym deco- rating and often produced skits at pep rallies. They performed a Wran- glerette routine at the Westchester pep rally that required Spartanaire- like high kicks and a memorize dance routine. Senior Boy Tom Hoffman sai We did some rowdy things at tl pep rallies. One of the crazy things we d was to invade Westchester wi' green painted tires. It was all in ft and it wasn't destructive, said Tor Helping with school spirit for ju ior varsity sports was the lunit Girls' Club. lunior Girls' Preside Angela Scarborough said, The was a lot of respect for football pla ersand other athletes at Stratfo and even the underclassmen spot needed an organization to suppc them. lunior Girls' attended the pep rz lies, decorated the gym and pe formed a skit at the Memorial pe rally. A group of two or three gii were responsible for one junior ve sity football player and gave hi cookies, candy, toys, or a spirit bi before each football game. To raise money lunior Girls' helc bake sale and their annual Simontc Barn Dance. We raised son money and now have S800 to 5 into our Senior Girls' Club func said Angela. The lunior Boys' Club was orga

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Clapping to the chant, cheerleaders cott Witt, Connie Pratt, Martin Bailey, nd Drew Kronenberger get the crowd enthused at the Alief-Hastings pep rally. It really made us feel good to have the crowd join in with us, stated Connie. l we walked in, it was so quiet and ,big. But the next time, it seemed just natural for us to be there, said Con- nie Fritz. , When football season ended, the cheerleaders were already involved lin cheering for the basketball games. The games were usually lheld in the Coliseum two nights a Week, stated Connie Pratt. The crowd was usually pretty spirited, like a lot of the football players lwould stand on the front row and Well, she added. l Scott pointed out that it was hard ,to cheer for these games because l they were so fast paced. While we 'were cheering for the offense, the ball could have easily changed hands. With all this complicated activity, it seemed like there wouldn't be much time to have any fun, but Connie Fritz stated, We worked but we had fun every minute. Summing up the year, Tracey con- cluded, The whole time I had fun. Football season was kind of long, but l'm really glad it ended the way it did. I just wish we could do it all overagainf' Balancing on Seniors Tracey Wheatley and Connie Fritz's shoulders, Senior Cyrene Bouchard describes it as being real shaky. Selected to be on top because she was least scared, Cyrene explained, lf I fell, I would usually land on my feet. 5 .: if R . ST cheerleaders I7

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'ringing the beach with them, Senior iirls Carolyn Ward, Laurie Graham, laine Divita and Marcia Smith join agether in a little fun at the beach feek pep rally. We had fins on, and we ould hardly stand up, plus people were 'ipping all over us, exclaimed Laurie. luring after-school practice, cheerlead- rs Charles Lloyd, Drew Kronenberger, ionnie Fritz, Cyrene Bouchard, Tracey Vheatley and Martin Bailey paint pos- 2-rs to be hung around the school. The rosters added the general atmosphere if spirit and excitement prevailing hroughout football season, stated Zyrene. B3 zed because the junior class needed something going for spirit, aid their president john Saad. The unior Boys helped wrap the gym nd even succeeded in rigging up a oam-filled bag above the heads of he seniors, said junior Boy Mac Vinston. john said, I made a lot of loser friends through the club, and 'm sure a lot of other guys did too. Sophomore Girls' Club was leaded by Trisha Keating. I Iecided to run for president iecause I wanted to get the sopho- wores organized and their spirit ping. They also did their share to iromote spirit at pep rallies. We lressed up crazy, sat together, and creamed, explained Trisha, Although limited in their activities iy upperclassmen, Freshmen Girls' Ilub wanted to be a part of all the chool spirit, said President Sally leminghaus. Responsible for deco- ating the gym twice and the snack rar once, We weren't allowed to jo skits at pep rallies, but it didn't wean we couldn't yell, said Sally. We had a lot of poster-painting -arties, but somehow they always nded in paint fights, giggled Sally. .,,.::.,u 'L a n I ' , f1l ix Sfrg, 4912, X- he at ..t in kk .Jr sf' as X iq 4 .f fi.. f- -is I- cw. V H .1 may Him- . .-. ,.. -.-4 ,. -W .wg Wt. are we f is ww .X . -LC Q WUQW My-.fm . 2 1 1 bi N N5 M , T6 ' .uid ' it , r '.V, I : W- . 5 I Z A . . g , swf' 1 U' 'l' , ' 'fy '14 . WW, , Nb. '- A' ii'fi .. ff'f M-I T' ' ,- ifkxs wig, 1 A we V , wgamammumwwnvf AY., 44' E- W ag... , 15. 1 1 . L itz'-1 I At the Kashmere pep rally, junior Oscar Criner, Sophomore james Beasely and Senior Otis Wilcots pose as Kashmere cheerleaders. spirit groups 19